Cotton Lower Despite Outside Strength

Austin Schroeder Barchart Mon Nov 18, 12:09PM CST
Cotton field with closeup by Trisha Downing via Unsplash

Cotton futures are pulling off the midday lows but still posting 1 to 8 point losses so far. The outside markets are supportive today, as the US dollar index is down 425 points so far, with crude oil futures up $1.68/barrel.

Weekly Commitment of Traders data showed spec funds in cotton adding 2,934 contracts to their net short as of November 12 at 13,851 contracts. 

The Seam reported 1,840 bales of online sales on November 15 at an average price of 72.51 cents/lb. ICE cotton stocks were up 1,123 bales on new certifications on Thursday, at 13,187 bales of certified stocks. The Cotlook A Index was down 50 points on 11/15 at 80.85 cents/lb. The USDA Adjusted World Price (AWP) was back up 24 points last week to 58.20 cents/lb.

Mar 25 Cotton  is at 68.9, down 1 point,

May 25 Cotton  is at 70.24, down 4 points,

Jul 25 Cotton  is at 71.43, down 8 points


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